Employment Information
Practice name
Texas A&M University, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Last Updated
November 6, 2025
Internship Type
Combined
% of time spent on ambulatory vs in-hospital
For additional information please contact Dr. Dustin Major.
This rotating internship position carries an emphasis in equine emergency and critical care, internal medicine, and surgery, rotating between Equine Soft Tissue, Equine Orthopedics, Internal Medicine, Sports Medicine & Imaging, Emergency and Critical Care, and Food Animal Medicine & Surgery Services. Interns train under the supervision of licensed veterinary specialists who are board-certified in a specific discipline of veterinary medicine, as well as residents. Interns also participate in topic and patient rounds and will deliver one high quality seminar to colleagues in their academic department. Interns are encouraged to become involved in clinical research as opportunities and interests allow.
3
- Equine general practice
- Sports medicine practice
- Equine/LA surgical residency
- Equine/LA medicine residency
- Equine/LA critical care residency/fellowship
- Theriogenology residency
- Imaging residency
Start date
June 12, 2026
End date
June 13, 2027
Application Deadline
January 2, 2026
Does the practice offer externships?
Yes, please email the practice contact for details
Is an in person visit or externship with the practice required to be considered for an internship?
No, but recommended
Contact Information
College Station
[USA] Texas
Texas
77845
500 Raymond Stotzer Parkway
Practice Mailing Address
500 Raymond Stotzer Parkway - College Station - Texas - 77845
Clinical Experience and Responsibilities
Yes
Service rotation description
Interns rotate through an overnight Emergency & Critical Care rotation such that they are primary on-call for 2 weeks, with 24 hours off per week. The interns serving on daytime rotations are consequently not on-call for overnight every day. For additional information please contact Dr. Dustin Major.
Yes
Yes
No
No
100%
Patient rounds held daily with senior clinicians
Yes
Teaching rounds held
Yes
Frequency of teaching rounds
Weekly
Weekly journal clubs held
Yes
M&M or other specialized rounds held
Yes
Intern has opportunity to attend a professional CE meeting
Yes
Intern has opportunity to complete a study or publication
Yes
Intern has access to current medical textbooks
Yes
Intern has access to online journals
Yes
In the past 5 years, how many studies/cases have been published by interns as the primary author from work pursued primarily during their intern year?
Equipment the intern has exposure to within the practice
- Laparoscopy
- Endoscopy
- Stat CBC analyzer
- Stat whole blood chemistry analyzer
- Blood gas analysis
- On site diagnostic lab
- MRI
- CT
- Embryo Transfer
- Power dentistry
Any additional information the practice would like to share on their internship program:
Texas A&M VMBS holds various CE events that house officers can attend and may have the opportunity to assist with wet labs.
Caseload
Total number annual cases
7500
Total number ambulatory cases
Total number in-house cases
12
Avg number of after hour emergencies per week in the busiest time of year
Less than 5
Avg number of after hour emergencies per week in the least busy time of year
Less than 5
Significant seasonality to the caseload
No
Species other than equids
Yes
Percentages of non-equids by species
For additional information please contact Dr. Dustin Major.
Number of specialty certified clinicians
Number of clinicians in direct support of program
8
Diplomats of the following specialties (including their European Equivalents)
ACT – American College of Theriogenologists - 6
ACVA – American College of Veterinary Anesthesiologists - 4
ACVECC – American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care - 6
ACVIM – American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine - 9
ACVO – American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists - 1
ACVR – American College of Veterinary Radiology - 5
ACVS – American College of Veterinary Surgery - 8
ACVSMR- American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation - 1
AVDC - American Veterinary Dental College - 1
Other personnel of note (outside specialists, farriers, dentists, etc)
Farrier: 1ACAW: 1ECVS: 2ECVN:1MRCVS:1ECVAA:1ECVIM-CA: 3DES:1AiCVIM:1
Additional certifications/area of expertise represented in the practice
Acupuncture certification
Technician present on ambulatory calls
Yes
Overnight technical staff (if hospital present)
Yes
Other details about technician support of intern doctors
Compensation
Annual Salary
$41-45k
Additional opportunity for emergency compensation
Yes
Additional compensation may be available up to a maximum of $5,000 per year based on being the receiving clinician on after-hours emergencies. A breakdown of after-hours pay will be provided in the house officer manual.
Opportunities for additional income (production bonuses, working horse shows, etc).
No
Benefits
Benefits offered
Yes
Value of total annual compensation
45,000.00
Housing offered
No
Housing Type
Other
Housing Amount
$
Paid time off (PTO) offered
Yes
# of PTO days
12
PTO stipulations
Vacation and sick leave are accrued starting the first day employment, earning 8 hours of vacation and sick leave per month. Employees are eligible to utilize sick leave right away; vacation can be used after 6 months of employment.
Health insurance offered
Yes for employee plus dependents
Amount of health insurance premium intern is responsible for
Employee $30/mnth Employee & Child(ren) $231.12/mnth Employee & Family $467.36/mnth
Dental insurance offered
Yes
Life insurance offered
Yes
Short-term disability insurance offered
No
Long-term disability insurance offered
Yes
Liability insurance offered
Yes
CE stipend offered
No
License/DEA fees reimbursed / stipend offered
No
State license required
Yes
USDA license required
Yes
DEA license required
Yes
Association fees reimbursed / stipend offered
No
Student loan payments reimbursed / stipend offered
No
401K program offered
Yes
Employer matching offered
Yes
Please visit the below for more information concerning retirement options and matching. https://employees.tamu.edu/benefits/retirement/index.html
Clothing / logo wear stipend offered
Yes
Phone or phone stipend offered
No
Maternity / paternity leave offered
Yes
Discounted pet care and / or a pet medications policy offered
Yes
Practice vehicle or mileage reimbursement offered
No
Other benefits offered
Additional information concerning all benefits can found on the site below.
https://employees.tamu.edu/benefits/index.html
Contract
Non-compete clause required
Yes
Non-compete details
House Officer will not practice veterinary medicine for two years within a 90-mile radius of the Texas A&M Large Animal Hospital.
Non-US residents may apply
Yes
Is visa support provided?
Yes
The Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences cannot sponsor international visas, such as H-1B, H-3, or E-3 nonimmigrant employment categories.
Method internship offers are made
Verbal offers followed by an offer letter.
Earliest date of internship offer made in the last 3 years
March
Latest date of internship offer made in the last 3 years
April
Average time provided to internship candidates to consider an offer
N/A
Outcomes Assessment
How long has the practice offered internships?
15+
Avg number of interns who completed the program per year for the past 5 years
3
Number of interns from this program who applied for a residency in the past 5 years
10
Number of interns from this program who entered a residency position directly out of the internship in the past 5 years
10
Number of interns from this program who accepted a second or specialty internship in the past 5 years
3
Number of interns from this program who accepted a residency position in the past 5 years
10
Number of interns retained by the practice as associates in the past 5 years
3
Of the interns that started the program in the past 5 years, how many are still in equine practice (and/or in an advanced training program targeted at specialty equine practice)?
25-50%
Number of former interns currently employed by the practice
3
Are current or former interns from the practice available for reference?
Yes, email the practice contact for details.
Additional information about the internship program
All applicants must meet requirements for full licensure in Texas. These requirements include being either a graduate of an AVMA accredited College/School of Veterinary Medicine or having certification by the AVMA's Education Commission for Foreign Veterinary Graduates (ECFVG) or the Program for the Assessment of Veterinary Education (PAVE). An applicant must have taken and passed the NBE and the CCT or the NAVLE prior to being eligible to take the State licensing examination. Documentation of successful completion of these requirements must be sent directly from the granting institution to the Authorized Administrative Official at Texas A&M University and received by the application deadline. It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that all requirements for application have been successfully completed by the application deadline. Transcripts must be sent from the final degree granting institution or institutions. Note that the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences cannot sponsor international visas, such as H-1B, H-3, or E-3 nonimmigrant employment categories. Matching candidates must be able to obtain a Texas license BEFORE the start of the internship.
